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American pika

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    My heart! This species is just too precious. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
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      They are stupid cute aren't they.... and then just when you think they can't be any cuter they 'eep'.. Posted 6 years ago
  3. View Patomarazul's profile
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    Lovely! I'd love to see one in the wild myself one day; Was it high in the mountains?? Posted 6 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
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      Around 5,000 feet. Pika cannot survive temperatures over around 25.5C (80F) for very long - only hours, so they tend to be found fairly high up in the mountains, where it rarely reaches those highs. They can cope by hiding away in their talus caves, where it is cooler, during the hottest parts of the day, but it limits their ability to gather and store food (they do not hibernate, so they have to spend the short summers packing enough away to last the entire time until the snow melts again the next year), so they tend to not be found where summer days can become very warm. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
  5. View Christine Young's profile
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    Love these! So stinkin cute!! Posted 6 years ago

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The American pika

The American pika , a diurnal species of pika, is found in the mountains of western North America, usually in boulder fields at or above the tree line. They are herbivorous, smaller relatives of rabbits and hares.

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Similar species: Hares, Rabbits And Pikas
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Sep 28, 2018. Captured Sep 27, 2018 12:26 in Snoqualmie Pass, WA 98068, USA.
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  • X-E2
  • f/8.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO250
  • 560mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.